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Keep Calm and Dream of Italy…never have those words meant more! To help remind us to breathe and that we will get to Italy soon, we have designed some fun products with these words. We just launched a Dream of Italy Teespring Store where you can choose all kinds of products, for all age groups, in different colors and sizes to keep …
Access Culinary Trips, one of the sponsors of the Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special, has launched their new brand Cuiline, which offers online cooking classes with top chefs from around the world. After the pandemic started, Access Culinary Trips reached out to their network of chefs and created this new brand as a way to help chefs get back to …
We had our book club meeting with author Frank Viviano on September 2, 2020 to discuss his book Blood Washes Blood. You can view the full video below: You can purchase a copy here but first enjoy an excerpt: In the beginning, before the mystery, there is the killing. Four gun shots at a deserted crossroads. A highwayman in the robes …
This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of making pasticciotto, a pastry with creamy custard filling, in Puglia with a handsome Italian named Luigi. When a nicely dressed, handsome Italian with dark curly locks walks into the room, I smile at how much I never expected the person …
I asked. You answered. For so many years, I’ve wanted to publish a crowdsourced issue of Dream of Italy where I ask readers to share their favorite people, places and experiences in Italy. I’ve often said that the Dream of Italy audience is a passionate bunch and they are very well traveled. I know so many of you have been to Italy again and again, always seeking …
Editor’s Note: Lisa Tucci has been living in Italy for 30 years. She boasts that she’s been to every piazza and practically every church across the boot, having produced audio and video guides for some of Italy’s most prestigious places, from Agrigento to Bolzano. A proponent of Slow Travel, she now helps families and school groups find just the right way …
This article originally appeared in the April/May 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. If you’re not a member, join today to access the entire special report on Capri. The legend of the bell of San Michele (Saint Michael) holds a storied place in the history of Capri. And one of these bells might just be a big reason I am here …
This article originally appeared in the April/May 2020 issue of Dream of Italy, a special report on Capri. Join Dream of Italy as a member to access this issue and 180+ back issues. Capri offers an array of superb hotels.The level of quality and service is quite high across the board and most accommodations feature hand-painted ceramic tiles, décor that complements the …
As the world faces a great challenge, we wanted to take you a dreamy and beautiful place – Capri – thanks to our guest editor Laura Thayer. We usually publish two combined issues per year and this is one of them. Capri: A Place of Dreams If everything ever written about Capri could be put together, one theme would emerge. …
Transcript with Show Notes Embedded: Kathy: Why such resolve? Because I believe in Italy. I’m betting on Italy. Italy has saved me again and again. It has been my constant. And I believe in dreams and their ability to become reality. This is Kathy McCabe. Welcome to the Dream of Italy Podcast. You know me from the PBS travel series, …
